Guitar shops worth the trip in Reno

Family-run, and by its own account one of the largest independent Fender and Fender Custom Shop dealers anywhere — improbable as that sounds for a market this size — with Gibson, Martin, PRS, Taylor and Gretsch behind them and a stock the shop puts past six thousand pieces. New and used both, with a busy Reverb storefront if you want to size up the inventory before committing to the drive. The kind of wall you cross the state to stand in front of.

A downtown parlor in the older sense: acoustic-leaning, lesson rooms in back, and a small stage that turns it into a folk venue on the right night. Not a wall of electrics — a room with a scene attached. Worth an hour if you’re already downtown on South Center Street.